Improvement in saw-gages



UNIT D STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ELIAS G. ATKINS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAW-GAGES.

Specification formin g part of Letters Patent No. 156,967, datedNovember 17, 1874; application filed March 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS O. ATKINS, of the city of Indianapolis, in thecounty of Marion,in the State of Indiana, have invented an Improvementin the Manner of Constructing Gages for Gaging the GlearingTeeth and Setin Urossout Saws; and I- do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

It has been found necessary to construct crossout saws for cutting largelogs, with clcarin g-teeth, which, bein g filed a little shorter thanthe cutting-teeth, will remove from the kert' all the loose fiber assoon as itis severed by the cutting-teeth. The set in the cuttingteethmust also be evenly adjusted to secure smooth and rapid cutting.

Gages have heretofore been constructed in various ways, with adjustablescrews for gaging the set; also, for ascertaining the length of theclearing-teeth. v

The object of this invention is to furnish on one piece of metal areliable fixed gage for gaging both the cutting and clearing teeth, andto which the clearcrs may be filed without removing the gage or injuryto it.

This is accomplished by constructing the gage in the form of an L, onesection of the L being continuous, and the other cut away points of theclearing-teeth and support the gage, the chilled depression 0 is broughtopposite the clearing-teeth, when they may be filed down to the gagewithout removing it from the saw, thus securing pertect adjustment ofthe length of the clearing teeth throughout the saw. Upon the edge ofthe other section of the gage, at the end, a notch. D, is cut,sufficiently depressed to indicate a fixed point to which eachcuttingtooth should be adjusted in setting the saw, and the degree ofset may be ascertained by placing the edge of the gage across thesaw-blade, bring ing the notch to the point of each cuttingtooth.

I claim The chilled gage 0, provided with the gage D, constructeduponone and the same piece of L-shaped metal, for the uses and purposesherein set forth.

ELIAS o. ATKINS. Witnesses:

H. KNIPPENBERG, JOSEPH BROWN.

